Bruce Bartlett notes an obvious way forward – for the time being: why don't Obama and Boehner just agree not to amend once again the 1997 doc-fix law? It's a start. And if you really do believe, as Timothy Egan seems to, that raising taxes is all we need to do, consider this:
Whatever amount you paid on your federal income tax return this year would need to be 61 percent more, now and forever, to pay all the Social Security and Medicare benefits that have been promised over and above the payroll tax.
The Dish 